Would you drink something called Satan’s Shot vodka? The spirit is soaked in Carolina Reaper chilis—which holds the Guinness World Record for the hottest known pepper in the world—before being bottled. Its label even warns “Only Satan himself is brave enough to drink this vodka neat.”

It seems as though one fellow in the UK was in fact brave enough to try the spirit—and paid the unfortunate price of an ambulance ride, International Business Times reports. After a woman decided to share her bottle of Satan’s Shot with a group of friends, a man in his 30s reportedly lost consciousness and was taken to the Royal Surrey County Hospital in the UK after consuming the drink.

But there’s a difference between a bit of a kick and literally wanting to dump your head into a bucket of ice water. Let these six other extreme (and rare) instances of horrifically spicy foods gone wrong be your warning.

A MAN ENDED UP WITH A HOLE IN HIS ESOPHAGUS AFTER EATING A GHOST PEPPER

Ever heard of a ghost pepper? It’s one of the hottest chili peppers in the world with twice the strength of a habanero pepper.

After one 47-year-old man ate a hamburger topped with ghost pepper puree, he ended up downing six glasses of water. This led to severe abdominal and chest pain after violent vomiting, according to a case report in The Journal of Emergency Medicine. After he got to the ER, doctors performed X-rays and a CT scan, they found a 2.5-centimeter tear in his esophagus.

The University of California at San Francisco physicians reported that it was the forceful vomiting and retching that ruptured his food pipe, not the heat from the pepper alone. Still, a tear in your esophagus can be fatal if it’s not quickly discovered and treated. In this case, the man remained in the hospital for more than 20 days, but had to leave with a gastric tube placed in his throat.

THIS MAN TEMPORARILY LOST HIS HEARING AFTER EATING EXTRA SPICY NOODLES

Ben Sumadiwiria, a chef from London, recently ate noodles that were 4,000 times stronger than Tobasco sauce at a small restaurant in Indonesia, the Mirror UK reported. The “death noodles” contained 100 crushed bird’s eyes chilies.

The result? Sumadiwiria says he temporarily lost his hearing for a few minutes. He was soaked in sweat, felt dizzy, puked, and eventually had to take his clothes off and soak his head in water to cool down.

“My lips were burning and I couldn’t feel anything,” Sumadiwiria said. “I’ve eaten wasabi and plenty of other hot food, and I’d take that any day over those noodles.” Watch the full video of his experience here.

THIS MAN COULD BARELY PEE AFTER EATING CHICKEN WINGS COVERED IN THE ‘WORLD’S HOTTEST CHILI’

The Carolina Reaper pepper strikes again: After 25-year-old Ethan Rawlinson entered a spicy chicken wing eating challenge in northeast England, he was rushed to the hospital where he suffered from severe cramping and was left unable to pee because it hurt so badly, reports the Daily Mail.

That’s because the chicken was covered in sauce made from the Carolina Reaper pepper.

Rawlinson wasn’t the only one that felt the heat. Several other contestants ended up in the ER, much to the hospital’s displeasure. To be fair, they all signed a legal disclaimer before chowing down, which stated that the chili was so hot they risked serious injury.

THIS MAN DIED HOURS AFTER EATING A HOMEMADE CHILI SAUCE

Back in 2008, Andrew Lee challenged his girlfriend’s brother to see who could make the hottest chili sauce. The aspiring chef reportedly used home-grown red chilies to develop an extremely spicy sauce, according to the Daily Mail.

The night that he ate the sauce, his back became so itchy that his girlfriend scratched it until he fell asleep. The next morning, he didn’t wake up. Lee’s family states that he was perfectly healthy and had no history of heart problems. While he had used chilies in his cooking before, he had never created a sauce quite that hot.

Learn how to make a hot sauce that’s safe—and delicious—to eat below:

​

​

ONE MAN WAS NEARLY BLINDED AFTER A CHEF THREW A BOWL OF CHILI POWDER INTO HIS EYES

After one couple gave a not-so-great review of their meal at a South Wales curry restaurant, the chef got so enraged that he actually came out of his kitchen and threw chili powder right into the 46-year-old man’s eyes, The Telegraph reported.

He instantly thought he had been blinded and rushed to the hospital, where doctors flushed his eyes out with water.

“It was horrific. He said he’s never had so much pain in his life and was extremely distressed,” his wife told The Telegraph.

DOCTORS FOUND A HOLE IN A MAN’S STOMACH AFTER HE ATE A NOTORIOUSLY SPICY SOUP

After a 26-year-old man in China consumed a mala soup—which literally translates to “numbing hot”—doctors discovered a burned hole in the wall of his stomach, the Herald Sun reported. The dish is traditionally prepared with Sichuan pepper, local spices, and chili pepper.

Shortly after he slurped the hottest variation of the soup, the man began to feel sharp pains in his stomach and vomited up blood. Since he had no history of gastrointestinal illnesses or conditions, his doctors believe the soup might have had something to do with his condition.

While it seems like a bit of a stretch, the doctors estimated that about 15 percent of stomach incidents at the hospital are related to hot pot dishes, like the mala soup.

Alisa HrusticAssociate EditorAlisa Hrustic, an associate editor at Prevention, has spent her entire career interviewing top medical experts, interpreting peer-reviewed studies, and reporting on health, nutrition, weight loss, and fitness trends for outlets like Women’s Health and Men’s Health, where she both interned and worked full-time.

A Part of Hearst Digital Media
Men's Health participates in various affiliate marketing programs, which means we may get paid commissions on editorially chosen products purchased through our links to retailer sites.